Opinion
No. 17-72625
10-29-2018
ANAIBETH SANCHEZ TOSCANO; et al., Petitioners, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Agency Nos. A202-033-440 A202-033-441 A202-033-442 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: SILVERMAN, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Anaibeth Sanchez Toscano and her children, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing their appeal from the immigration judge's decision denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency's conclusion that petitioners failed to establish they would be persecuted on account of a protected ground if returned to Mexico. See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1097 (9th Cir. 2011) (even if membership in a particular social group is established, an applicant must still show that "persecution was or will be on account of his membership in such group") (emphasis in original); see also Zetino v. Holder, 622 F.3d 1007, 1016 (9th Cir. 2010) (applicant's "desire to be free from harassment by criminals motivated by theft or random violence by gang members bears no nexus to a protected ground"). Thus, in the absence of a nexus to a protected ground, petitioners' asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Zetino, 622 F.3d at 1015-16.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.